US will investigate Paice's lawsuit against VW's hybrids
The US International Trade Commission will investigate Paice's claims that VW is using its patented hybrid technology without permission.
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Hyundai and Kia settle lawsuit over hybrid technology
Hyundai and Kia will license hybrid technology from Paice to end a patent dispute that could have cost the automakers $29 million or more.
Hyundai Kia asked to pay $28.9M in patent infringement case
Hyundai and Kia could be on the hook to pay at least $28.9 million to Paice LLC for patent infringement, but they are appealing.
Ford hit by lawsuit over hybrid technology from, surprise, Paice
The name Paice will be familiar to anyone who's been deep in the weeds of hybrid history, but it will probably be new to anyone who simply drives one. The key part of the story is something called "HyperDrive," which is the name given to a gas-electric powertrain technology developed by Alex Severinsky and patented in 1994. HyperDrive is a way to get the energy from both the electric battery and the engine into the wheels, seamlessly. The patent
Paice drags Hyundai, Kia into long-running hybrid patent fight with Toyota
With all the news coming out recently about the small claims lawsuit over the Honda Civic Hybrid, readers may have forgotten the name behind a long-running legal issue over Toyota's hybrid system: Paice. The latest development is that Paice and the Abell Foundation (an investor in Paice) have sued Hyundai
Meet the man who quietly profits from every hybrid sold
Alex Severinsky is a Russian man who came to the United States in 1978. He graduated from Ukraine's Kharkiv University of Radioelectronics in 1967 before moving on to an Electrical Engineering Ph.D. from Moscow's Institute for Precision Measurements in Radioelectronics and Physics in 1975. That's the background. Here's the important bit.
Followup: Toyota and Severinsky settle hybrid patent dispute ahead of ITC hearing; Ford also settles
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Toyota and Severinsky settle hybrid patent dispute ahead of ITC hearing; Ford also settles
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Toyota, Severinsky headed to ITC over patent battle, company's hybrids could face import ban *UPDATE
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Toyota loses latest bid to dismiss hybrid patent infringement case against Paice
Toyota has, once again, failed to shake the long-looming hybrid patent infringement case brought forth by Paice LLC<
REPORT: Toyota seeks to have latest Paice lawsuit dismissed
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REPORT: Toyota Prius imports under threat from U.S. patent trade case?
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Toyota Prius importation under threat due to U.S. patent trade case?
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Toyota loses hybrid patent appeal case
Toyota finally seems to be out of options now that the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed a lower court's ruling to stand which will award Paice LLC roughly $4.3 million in an hybrid technology lawsuit. That amount works out to $25 for every vehicle that Toyota has sold which uses the Hybrid Synergy